Holeshot Scott
Member
- Apr 18, 2007
- 8
- 0
- Thread starter
- #26
Rich Rohrich said::rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
As far as being rude, I appoligize. Understand that we came off of another unsuccesful weekend and was irritated by the statement that the bike was being rode wrong. That is what the Suzuki rep told us. I do appreciate any and all help. I understand I could take the bike apart. I wouldn't know what to look for nor does my dealer. We do not understand transmissions well enough to "redesign" anything. We have owned and rode all 4 major brands. We have had different problems with all but none to this extend. They were mostly small issues that someone had come up with a solution for. I do agree with the fact that this particular Suzuki is an engineered POS! Things have come a long wat since the TZ250. I'm 42 years old and have rode some of these bikes. I guess I had too much confidence in todays technology. First year bikes have always been something I stayed away from. This year should have been no exception. Last years Suzuki, (although mostly Kawasaki) held up very well even though it was not rated well. Should have kept it. As for my rant being silly, I'm simply looking for a fix that I or the people I'm onvolved with have no answer for. I will tear the bike down. I just need to know what to do once I get there.This silly rant reminded me of something Gordon Jennings wrote years ago. He basically said successful racers realized early on that the TZ250 that came out of the crate was only bolted together to make it convenient to ship, and the first order of business to make it race ready was to take it apart and BUILD a race bike out of it. Old Gordon must be spinning in his grave laughing at guys like you.
Time to face facts. You bought the biggest "POS masquerading as a race bike" that has come out of Japan in a very long time. If you insist on playing racer/tuner with these badly engineered TOYS, you better face the fact that as SFO pointed out, you need to take them apart BEFORE you race them to work around the issues and the manufacturing variances that Suzuki is know for on this model.
Just because it's bolted together in a form that looks like a race bike doesn't mean it's RACE READY.
Being rude to the people out here trying to help you with very solid advice won't change that fact that YOU made a bad decision and bought an engineering disaster with pretty yellow plastic on it.